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06/11/2026

⛵Blissfully Floating Into Summer☀️

Some of our kiddos took on the challenge of building an origami boat and using tape to make it “water-proof” before testing it out to see if it floats! 🌊

While this looks like simple summer fun, this activity can provide opportunities to target a variety of skills, including:
⚓ Problem-solving and critical thinking
⚓ Planning and sequencing
⚓ Fine motor skills and bilateral coordination
⚓ Following directions
⚓ Attention and task persistence
⚓ Descriptive language and vocabulary
⚓ Predicting, reasoning, and answering questions
⚓ Social interaction and teamwork

Hands-on learning is one of our favorite ways to help our kiddos build skills while having fun! 💙

06/10/2026

☀️ SPLASH into Water Week in style! 💦

In case you missed the flier in the lobby, Water Week 2026 shirts are available for purchase! 🤩

Water Week will take place the week of June 29th! We’d love to see all of our kiddos rocking their shirts during the festivities.

See below for details and how to order! 🥳

📋 Link to order form:
https://forms.gle/TSUjc4KFw5BEhKS7A

06/07/2026

🌟Graduate SPOTlight🌟

Congrats to Brooklyn on all of her hard work, self awareness, & dedication to achieving her articulation goals! 👏🏼🤩

We are proud of you & your accomplishments!

05/31/2026

🩵💜🧡 Happy National Speech-Language-Hearing Month! 🧡💜🩵

This month, we’re celebrating the incredible work of our Speech-Language Pathologists, Madalyn & Carlei Engles!

Every day, they help individuals of all ages find their voice, build confidence, strengthen connections, and achieve meaningful communication goals. Their compassion, expertise, and dedication make a lasting impact on the lives of the families we serve.

✨ Our SLPs provide evaluation and treatment for:
🗣️ Articulation & speech sound disorders
👄 Oral motor skills
💬 Expressive & receptive language
🧠 Cognitive-linguistic difficulties
🍎 Pediatric dysphagia & feeding challenges
📱 AAC (Augmentative & Alternative Communication)
🤝 Social communication skills
🗨️ Adult aphasia
🥤 Adult dysphagia

Thank you, Madalyn and Carlei, for the difference you make every single day. We are grateful for your passion, knowledge, and commitment to helping others communicate, connect, and thrive!

❤️ Join us in celebrating and thanking our amazing SLPs during National Speech-Language-HearingMonth!

05/14/2026

APRAXIA AWARENESS DAY 💙💜💛

It’s not what they say — it’s how they say it!

Let’s spread awareness, understanding, and support for children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)!

04/30/2026

April is Occupational Therapy Month 💛

At The SPOT, occupational therapy means helping children develop the skills they need to participate in everyday activities at home, at school, and in play.

OT focuses on building independence, confidence, and functional skills through play-based, hands-on intervention tailored to each child’s unique needs.

From learning how to:
🧸 regulate emotions
🧠 process and respond to sensory input
✏️ improve fine motor and handwriting skills
👕 get dressed independently
🧩 strengthen attention and play skills
🍽️ tolerate new foods and textures

…occupational therapy meets children right where they are and supports growth in ways that directly impact their daily routines and overall development.

Our OT staff work diligently to ensure therapy is intentional, individualized, and designed to help each child succeed in the environments that matter most.

We are so thankful for our incredible OTs and OTAs who show up every day with patience, creativity, and a whole lot of heart. 🩵

04/27/2026

🌼🐝 Spring is buzzing at The SPOT! 🐝🌼

This “bee hive” sensory bin has been a sweet hit in our sessions lately! 🍯 From scooping and sorting to following task cards and building their own beehives, our kiddos have been hard at work while having fun.

Activities like this may look like play (because it is!), but they’re also targeting so many important skills:

✋Fine motor strength & coordination
👀Visual perceptual skills
📋Following directions
🔢Counting skills
⏱️Attention & task persistence
🌈Sensory processing
🧠Problem-solving
🧩Matching skills

We love creating hands-on, seasonal activities that keep kids engaged while supporting their growth in meaningful ways 💛

04/26/2026

Big weekend of learning and growth for our team! 🎉🤩

Our speech-language pathologists, Madalyn & Carlei, spent the weekend completing the Beckman Oral Motor Intervention Workshop to bring even more specialized skills to the children and families we serve!

This evidence-based approach uses assisted movement and stretch reflexes to activate muscle contraction, build strength, and improve range of motion of the lips, jaw, tongue, and soft palate. It also evaluates response to pressure, movement, strength, and coordination.

Here’s how this training will help us better support our clients:

✨ Feeding & Swallowing
• Improves sucking, chewing, and safe swallowing
• Helps reduce slow oral transit and food pocketing

✨ Oral Structure Control
• Strengthens movement of the lips, tongue, cheeks, and jaw

✨ Speech Production
• Supports articulation and speech clarity by strengthening muscles needed for sound production

✨ Sensory & Muscle Response
• Increases oral awareness
• Provides intervention for drooling, tonic bite, and gag reflex challenges

✨ Range of Motion
• Expands movement of the lips, jaw, tongue, and soft palate

This intervention can benefit individuals who experience:
• Drooling
• Oral hypersensitivity or hyposensitivity
• Difficulty managing liquids or solids in the mouth
• Pocketing food
• General oral motor weakness
• Persisting speech sound errors that doesn’t respond to traditional therapies

We’re excited to continue growing and bringing the most effective, evidence-based care to our community! 💙

04/08/2026

🌟Graduate SPOTlight🌟

After so much hard work, determination, & bravery, today we’re celebrating a huge milestone in speech & occupational therapy! Every moment of patience & perseverance led to this little boy’s victory.

We’ve watched his confidence grow, his independence bloom, & his voice shine brighter every day! His progress has been incredible. His achievements deserves the biggest celebration! 🎓👏🏼

We’re so proud of how far you’ve come & excited for everything ahead. The future is full of possibilities! 💙

03/16/2026

Lenny the Leprechaun is on the loose! 🍀

We made traps today! Let’s hope we can catch him! 😁

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305 Main Street
Columbia, LA
71418

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Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm

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+13183709746

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